London Film Critics Circle Awards 2005 Explained

26th London Film Critics Circle Awards

8 February 2006

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Film of the Year:
Brokeback Mountain ----
British Film of the Year:
The Constant Gardener

The 26th London Film Critics Circle Awards, honouring the best in film for 2005, were announced by the London Film Critics Circle on 8 February 2006.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Winners and nominees

Film of the Year

Brokeback Mountain

• The Constant Gardener
• Crash
• A History of Violence
• King Kong

British Film of the Year

The Constant Gardener

• The Descent
• Mrs Henderson Presents
• Pride & Prejudice

Foreign Language Film of the Year

Downfall • Germany

• The Beat that My Heart Skipped • France
• Caché • Austria/France
• The Chorus • France
• The Sea Inside • Spain

Director of the Year

Ang Lee – Brokeback Mountain

• David Cronenberg – A History of Violence
• Paul Haggis – Crash
• Peter Jackson – King Kong
• Fernando Meirelles – The Constant Gardener

British Director of the Year

Joe Wright – Pride & Prejudice

• Stephen Frears – Mrs Henderson Presents
• Terry George – Hotel Rwanda
• Neil Marshall – The Descent
• Christopher Nolan – Batman Begins

Screenwriter of the Year

Paul Haggis and Robert Moresco – Crash

• Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana – Brokeback Mountain
• Jeffrey Caine – The Constant Gardener
• Bernd Eichinger – Downfall
• Shane Black – Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

Actor of the Year

Bruno Ganz – Downfall

• Don Cheadle- Hotel Rwanda
• Johnny Depp – Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
• Heath Ledger – Brokeback Mountain
• Viggo Mortensen – A History of Violence

Actress of the Year

Naomi Watts – King Kong

• Maria Bello – A History of Violence
• Juliette Binoche – Caché
• Laura Linney – Kinsey
• Catalina Sandino Moreno – Maria Full of Grace

British Actor of the Year

Ralph Fiennes – The Constant Gardener

• Christian Bale – The Machinist
• Chiwetel Ejiofor – Kinky Boots
• Liam Neeson – Kinsey
• Tom Wilkinson – Separate Lies

British Actress of the Year

Rachel Weisz – The Constant Gardener

• Judi Dench – Mrs Henderson Presents
• Keira Knightley – Pride & Prejudice
• Kristin Scott Thomas – Keeping Mum
• Emily Watson – Separate Lies

British Supporting Actor of the Year

Tom Hollander – Pride & Prejudice

• Paddy Considine – Cinderella Man
• Brendan Gleeson – Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
• James McAvoy –
• Cillian Murphy – Batman Begins

British Supporting Actress of the Year

Thandie Newton – Crash

• Brenda Blethyn- Pride & Prejudice
• Sophie Okonedo – Hotel Rwanda
• Rosamund Pike – Pride & Prejudice
• Tilda Swinton –

British Newcomer of the Year

Kelly Reilly – Mrs Henderson Presents

• Julian Fellowes – Separate Lies
• Annie Griffin – Festival
• Matthew Macfadyen – Pride & Prejudice
• Joe Wright – Pride & Prejudice

British Producer of the Year

Simon Channing-Williams – The Constant Gardener

• Marc Boothe, Ruth Caleb – Bullet Boy
• Andrew Eaton, Michael Winterbottom – A Cock and Bull Story
• Christian Colson – Separate Lies
• Peter Lord –

Dilys Powell Award

• Bryan Forbes

Notes and References

1. Web site: London Critics Circle nominations announced . Time Out London . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120625093902/http://www.timeout.com/film/news/827/london-critics-circle-nominations-announced.html . 25 June 2012 .
2. News: London film critics back Gardener. BBC News . 21 December 2005.
3. News: London critics honour Brokeback. BBC News . 8 February 2006.
4. News: Mountain is Critics' choice. The Guardian. London. 9 February 2006.